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Roundup: SGI, EMC, PEER 1, Cisco
July 19th, 2011 : John RathSGI selected by CSC for NOAA supercomputing project, EMC helps Peer 1 roll out storage service, Cisco to eliminate 6,500 employees. Read More
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Turbo-Charging Digital Render Farms
July 11th, 2011 : John RathThe visual effects in summer blockbuster sequels Kung Fu Panda 2 and Cars 2 were generated with powerful workstations and render farms. Here's a closer look at some of the technology driving those projects. Read More
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Los Alamos Takes Supercomputers Offline
June 30th, 2011 : Rich MillerThe two supercomputers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have been taken offline as a precaution as emergency teams seek to protect the lab from a wildfire that has consumed more than 60,000 acres of land on two sides of the property. Read More
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Fire Threatens Los Alamos, Supercomputing Lab
June 27th, 2011 : Rich MillerA fast-moving wildfire has closed the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), a Department of Energy facility that houses several of the world's most advanced supercomputers. Read More
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HPC Roundup: SGI, Intel, Hardcore, Super Micro
June 23rd, 2011 : John RathSGI launches InfiniteStorage 5500, Intel outlines its Exaflop vision, Hardcore and Super Micro demonstrate Liquid Blade server, NetApp E5400 enhanced and benchmarked. Read More
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The (New) Top 10 Supercomputers, Illustrated
June 22nd, 2011 : Rich MillerMany of the world's most powerful supercomputers are striking not just for their processing abilities, but for their design and appearance as well. Here's a look at the top finishers in the latest Top 500 list, which was released Monday at the ISC 11 conference in Germany. Read More
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New Top 500 Champ: The K Supercomputer
June 20th, 2011 : Rich MillerThe "K" supercomputer, a joint project by Fujitsu and the RIKEN center, has overtaken China's Tianhe-1A system to gain the top spot on the updated list of the most powerful supercomputers. Here's a closer look at the 9.9 megawatt system. Read More
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Video: Solving Big Problems With HPC & Water Cooling
June 17th, 2011 : Colleen MillerProfessor Bill Gropp, of the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, talks about Blue Waters, a Petascale supercomuter at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. Read More
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Roundup: VMware, Layered Tech, CenturyLink, SGI
June 14th, 2011 : John RathVMware (VMW) to acquire Digital Fuel, CenturyLink prices $2 billion of debt securities, Layered Tech achieves PCI DSS 2.0 compliance, SGI ships more than 500 Altix UV systems. Read More
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